ANENCEPHALIC FETUS WITH CRANIOSPINAL RACHISCHISIS –CASE REPORT

Anencephaly, in which a substantial part of the brain, skull, or scalp is miss-ing, is a lethal neural tube defect (NTD) that occurs during the fourth week ofpregnancy after failed cranial neuropore closure. One in every 1,000 births isanencephalic, and newborns with this NTD are not viable or treatable. Associ-ated with anencephaly is rachischisis, or severe incomplete neural tube closureand exposure of the spinal cord. Ultrasonography can quickly diagnose anen-cephaly. Like other NTDs, nutritional and environmental factors both play aroleinthedevelopmentofanencephaly. Here, wereportanddiscussanunusualcase of a 12-week gestation anencephalic fetus with craniospinal rachischisisand its embryological roots.In our case, except from the low socio-economic life of the patient, theabsence of a predisposing factor that could cause such an anomaly, the abor-tion being in the βirst trimester and the occurrence in the βirst pregnancy of thepatientasaresultof5-yearinfertilitymadeusthinkthatpathologyexaminationof the abortus material is important in complet or incomplete abortions.